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Ahmed Z.AZ

Ahmed Z.

M&A | CFO | Levée de fonds | EX - Deloitte

€1,500/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Ahmed

Modélisation financière, valorisation, due diligence, M&A (fusions et acquisitions), levée de fonds.

13 ans d'expérience en finance d'entreprise.

20+ deals M&A closés avec Orpéa.

20+ Due Diligences Financières chez Deloitte Transactions Services.

10+ mandats Buy Side/Sell Side en Banque d'affaires chez Valexcel (Banque d'affaires).

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • LA MAISON DU WHISKY
    FP&A Consultant
    WINE AND SPIRITS
    November 2025 - January 2026 (2 months)
    Paris, France
    • Supported the Deputy CEO as finance lead on the RCF renewal / refinancing workstream, providing the core analysis and materials used in negotiations with the banking pool and financial partners.
    • Built an end-to-end plug-and-play Business Plan in Excel (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) with high granularity across the Group’s activities (B2C & e-commerce, B2B France multi-channel, international distribution via Singapore, premium/exceptional bottles).
    • Reconciled historical performance and management accounts with forecast drivers, ensuring traceability from actuals to projections and enabling rapid hypothesis iterations.
    • Produced working capital (BFR) and liquidity forecasts, including cash bridges, seasonal effects, and short-term treasury steering to secure credit committee readiness under tight timelines.
    • Developed robust scenario & sensitivity frameworks (volume/mix, margin, pricing, channel dynamics, opex discipline) to challenge assumptions and stress-test covenant/headroom dynamics.
    • Demonstrated a ~40% reduction in funding needs, enabling a right-sized facility, contributing to a ~50% reduction in financial fees, and supporting the renegotiation of the RCF on more advantageous terms.
    • Implemented a practical cash steering cockpit to arbitrate between factoring vs. revolving credit drawdowns, turning the BP into a day-to-day decision tool (not just a one-off refinancing deliverable).
    • Structured and drove the project in full autonomy (data collection, retro-planning, stakeholder alignment) in a context of understaffed Controlling / FP&A during an organizational transition.
    • Ensured a comprehensive handover to the FP&A / Controlling team (documentation, training, operating guidelines) so the model can be reused for subsequent budgets and rolling forecasts.
    Business Plan Development Corporate Finance FP&A Modélisation financière Banque
  • HISSEO
    Fondateur et CFO
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    November 2022 - Today (3 years and 8 months)
    Paris, France
    Built and shipped HISSEO (B2B SEO SaaS) and established the finance backbone:

    • Defined and executed the Go-to-Market strategy, including building the sales pipeline, pricing, customer acquisition/ onboarding /retention.
    • Built a 60-month three-statement budget and driver-based forecasts (MRR, churn, CAC/LTV).
    • Drove cash and treasury management, optimized working capital and instituted lightweight spend controls to maintain 12-month runway.
    • Produced French GAAP (PCG) accounts and statutory financial statements and handled VAT/tax filing and compliance.
    • Prepared investor materials (incl. financial model with 5-year projections and scenarios/sensitivity analysis, deck and Information Memorandum).

    app.hisseo.co
    Corporate Finance Modélisation financière Levée de fonds Contrôle de gestion cash flow
  • ORPEA
    Corporate M&A - Manager
    HEALTH AND WELLNESS
    October 2018 - November 2022 (4 years and 1 month)
    Paris, France
    Pilotage et closing de 20+ opérations de croissance externe (M&A) pour le Groupe, ainsi que préparation de documents stratégiques au niveau corporate (investment cases) à destination du Conseil d'administration et du Directeur Général :

    • Collaboration étroite avec les équipes internes (Finance, Fiscalité, Opérations, Juridique, IT) et coordination des conseils externes (banques d'affaires, avocats, Transaction Services).
    • Élaboration de modèles de valorisation et analyses financières associées.
    • Participation active aux négociations de la documentation transactionnelle, notamment des Share Purchase Agreements et des Shareholders Agreements.

    Les négociations ont porté sur : le prix (et le calcul d'éventuelles options d'achat / earn-outs), les déclarations et garanties (representations & warranties), les définitions d'EBITDA(/R) et d'endettement, ainsi que les ajustements post-clôture.
    Corporate Finance Valorisation Investissement Business plan EBITDA

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Education

  • Programme Grande École
    EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL
    2012
    Corporate Finance & Business Strategy

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